New Disciplines in Deaf sports Last Friday, an event highlighted the growing popularity of sport and healthy lifestyle among the Deaf community, marked by the expansion of Deaf sports disciplines. On September 27th, a commission meeting chaired by First Deputy Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Odes Baisultanov, was convened to discuss recognition of sports disciplines and their inclusion in the All-Russian register of sports. Dmitry Rebrov, President of ARSFSD, also participated...

On December 19, in Ufa, at the Fencing Center, the official closing ceremony of the 1st CIS Winter Sports Games for Children with Disabilities took place. The concert program of the ceremony, based on the immortal fairy tale "The Nutcracker," immersed the audience in an atmosphere of magic and fond memories. The heartfelt choreographic and musical performances touched the heart of every attendee. At the end of the event, kind words were spoken to the participants by the Director...

The First CIS Winter Sports Games for Children with Disabilities are in full swing — two eventful competition days are already behind us, with winners and medalists determined in many disciplines. And two more intense days of starts awaited all participants, bringing new bright emotions and the struggle for the title of the strongest. Young skiers, who battled on the ski track the day before using the freestyle technique, this time demonstrated their mastery of the classic glide. The lineup...

On December 16, the day following the mega-colorful opening ceremony, the competitions of the First CIS Winter Sports Games for Children with Disabilities in Deaf Sports, Blind Sports, and Sports for Persons with Physical Impairments officially began. Young athletes representing five Commonwealth of Independent States countries (Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and the Russian Federation) entered the competition for coveted medals, competing in five disciplines: cross-country...

Fr om March 9 to March 16, the Russian Alpine Skiing Championship and Youth Championship took place at the Metallurg-Magnitogorsk alpine skiing center near the village of Zelenaya Polyana in the Republic of Bashkortostan. This year, the championship featured 17 athletes, while the youth championship saw 10 participants from nine regions across the country, including the Republic of Bashkortostan, Kamchatka, Murmansk, Novosibirsk, Sakhalin, Tambov, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District, Moscow,...

From 15 to 17 January, the All-Russian Children's and Youth Alpine Ski Championships were held in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan. These competitions were a qualifying stage for the All-Russian Winter Spartakiade for People with Disabilities, which will be held in Izhevsk (Udmurt Republic) from 24 February to 1 March. During the two days of competition, 20 young athletes aged 13 to 17 from seven subjects of the Russian Federation took part in the event. They competed in two disciplines:...

From December 15 to 20, the picturesque Bashkirian ski centre “Abzakovo” hosted the Cup of Russia in deaf sport alpine skiing discipline. Fourteen athletes (7 women and 7 men) from seven regions of Russia - Moscow, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, Kamchatka Krai, Sakhalin, Moscow and Tambov Oblasts, as well as the Republic of Bashkortostan - competed on the steep, high-speed slopes. The athletes competed in four days of competition in four disciplines of alpine skiing: super-G...